Thursday, May 29, 2008

COMMENTS: The Dodgers have a $119 million payroll; the Mets have a $138 million payroll. The Dodgers have a 26-26 record and have lost six of their last ten; the Mets have a 25-26 record and have lost seven of their last ten. The Dodgers have $50 million on the disabled list; the Mets have a Dead Manager Walking. The Dodgers have a mascot in the overpaid, injured veteran; the Mets have a mascot in, well, Mr. Met. I'm hoping for a split in this four-game series.

Man, the Mets broadcast is showing stats to illustrate just how inept this team is offensively. Decent OBP, but last in the league in homers and doubles, and near the bottom in every other important offensive category.

It's hard to look at, actually.

Also hard to look at? A double play with a flyout and Pierre thrown out at home. This team is completely incapable of scoring runs.

Erin, there is a vicious rumor going around that a writer for Beantown West may have stiffed a writer from Sons of Steve Garvey for cab fare. I haven't yet seen AC's expense reports; is the rumor true?

I'd feel better about Kuo holding this lead if it hadn't been about a hundred years since he last pitched.

Kuo just got called for going to his mouth on the mound. Apparently Zambrano did that last night (though I didn't see it) but didn't get called for it.

I do have to say that there's nothing grosser than watching a guy lick his hand. You have to wipe your hand whenever you go to your mouth anyway, so I don't see any benefit to pitching. So, really, you're just licking your hand after touching a ball that's been rubbed up with mud and gone through god knows how many hands. It makes me a little sick.

Karina, Spurs were up 28-15 after the first quarter, and now lead 33-16 with about nine minutes left in the second quarter. It's a nice start, but they have to keep it up. And they have a long way to go even if they win this game.